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Liberty Electric Cars, the European subsidiary of Green Automotive Company, has completed the build of the first fully functioning example of “DELIVER”—an electric light commercial delivery vehicle funded by the European Commissions’ 7 th Framework Programme. Click to enlarge.
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a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The transaction will result in Vertical becoming a publicly-traded company, with a pro forma equity value of approximately $2.2 The VA-X4 will be capable of traveling a more than 200 mph, with a range of more than 100 miles and capacity for 4 passengers and the pilot.
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seconds, with a top speed of 300 km/h (186 mph). We set ourselves the demanding task of building an ultra-light, electric supercar based on a historic sports car as the ideal application for our transmission. Kreisel has applied the systems in an electric sports car, which accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in around 2.5
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of near instantaneous torque—more than any F-150 before it—and a 0-60 mph time in the mid-4-second range when equipped with an extended-range battery, based on typical industry methodology. —Kumar Galhotra, Ford president, Americas and International Markets Group, Ford Motor Company. With the ability to offload 9.6
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During testing, the bus will be traveling at 15 mph; this will increase to 25 mph once fully deployed in 2022. During testing, the bus will be traveling at 15 mph; this will increase to 25 mph once fully deployed in 2022. square miles of contiguous urban, suburban, industrial and rural zones. The bus’s 2.5-mile
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Hybrid” plug-in hybrid system—the last offering all-electric trips of up to 60 km (37 miles) at speeds of up to 120 km/h (75 mph). EOLAB features materials such as magnesium and aluminium, which are extremely light and also much cheaper than titanium. Hybrid system. Hybrid system. Click to enlarge. Fed by a 6.7 Click to enlarge.
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seconds and achieve a maximum speed of 260 km/h (162 mph). E-GMP will enable the company to enlarge its EV line-up over a relatively short period through modularization and standardization. The company plans to increase this number to 400 HPC stations by 2022, including 53 currently under construction.
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